Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen and his group traveled southwest and returned to Notting City after six years. He ordered them to visit the branch hall, where he learned Su Yuntao was now in charge.

• Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue continued toward Holy Soul Village before planning to head to the Star Dou Great Forest, avoiding a return to Spirit City.
• The group traveled for eight days, stopping at Spirit Hall locations along the way, and reached the outskirts of Notting City in the evening.
• Jiang Chen ordered the group to go to the Notting City Branch Hall and asked who was in charge.
• The Soul Douluo-level captain told Jiang Chen that Su Yuntao was the branch hall master.
• Jiang Chen told Qian Renxue that Su Yuntao had awakened his martial soul and reported him to the Pope Palace, leading his Teacher to take him to Spirit City.

Jiang Chen, Qian Renxue, Xiao Ying, and the Ninth Elder arrived at the Spirit Hall branch in Notting City, where Su Yuntao hurried to receive them. Su Yuntao respectfully asked their identities, while Jiang Chen studied him.

• Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue agreed that Su Yuntao deserved a reward for his service to Spirit Hall.
• Jiang Chen, Qian Renxue, Xiao Ying, and the Ninth Elder arrived at the Notting City Spirit Hall with their escort.
• The guards recognized the visitors’ authority and led them inside, then sent for Hall Master Su Yuntao.
• Su Yuntao rushed to welcome the group, ordered his maids to prepare the finest tea, rooms, and dinner, and led them to the council hall.
• Su Yuntao stood respectfully before Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue and asked who they were; Jiang Chen carefully examined him.

Six years after Su Yuntao awakened Jiang Chen’s Martial Soul, Jiang Chen met him again in the Notting City Branch Hall and revealed that he had become Spirit Hall’s Holy Son. He asked Su Yuntao to keep his identity secret and introduced Qian Renxue as the Grand Worshiper’s granddaughter.

• Jiang Chen reminded Su Yuntao that he had awakened his Zombie Martial Soul in Holy Soul Village six years earlier.
• Su Yuntao recognized Jiang Chen, apologized for addressing him informally, and sat with him at Jiang Chen’s invitation.
• Jiang Chen told Su Yuntao that he had become Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, and Su Yuntao respectfully paid his respects.
• Jiang Chen warned Su Yuntao not to publicize his identity while they were in Notting City.
• Jiang Chen introduced Qian Renxue as the Grand Worshiper’s granddaughter.

Jiang Chen met Su Yuntao in Notting City, rewarded him with Foundation Strengthening Pills, and learned that Bibi Dong had been sending Su Yuntao pills for years. The chapter ended with Jiang Chen discovering that Su Yuntao had a son.

• Jiang Chen introduced Qian Renxue as the Ninth Elder and Xiao Ying as his maid before asking Su Yuntao about his years as hall master.
• Jiang Chen gave Su Yuntao a bottle of Foundation Strengthening Pills, which Su Yuntao recognized and gratefully accepted.
• Su Yuntao explained that Bibi Dong had sent him a bottle of the pills every six months, helping him improve his talent and break through to Soul Elder.
• Su Yuntao said the pills had stopped benefiting him and his wife, so he had given the later bottles to his son.
• Jiang Chen expressed surprise when Su Yuntao revealed that he had a son.

Jiang Chen gave Su Yuntao more Foundation Strengthening Pills for his children and met Su Yuntao’s family. After Su Yuntao and the Ninth Elder left, Jiang Chen flirted with Qian Renxue while Xiao Ying watched.

• Su Yuntao told Jiang Chen that his son was five and his daughter was three, and planned to use Foundation Strengthening Pills to improve their potential.
• Jiang Chen gave Su Yuntao another bottle of Foundation Strengthening Pills and planned to save some for Old Jack.
• Su Yuntao’s son and daughter entered the hall, followed by Sisi, who apologized and took the children away.
• Xiao Ying admired the children, and Jiang Chen asked Qian Renxue whether they should have one together.
• The Ninth Elder and Su Yuntao awkwardly excused themselves, leaving Jiang Chen, Qian Renxue, and Xiao Ying alone.

Jiang Chen and his companions left Notting City for Holy Soul Village, and memories of Old Jack made him emotional as he neared home. The group arrived outside the village, where Jiang Chen set out on foot to take in the familiar sights before seeing his grandfather.

• Qian Renxue twisted Jiang Chen's ear when he teased her about having children, then left with Xiao Ying.
• Su Yuntao and Sisi visited to thank Jiang Chen, and Su Yuntao resolved to teach his descendants to remember Jiang Chen's kindness.
• The next morning, Jiang Chen and his companions left Notting City for Holy Soul Village as Su Yuntao and Sisi saw them off.
• On the journey, Jiang Chen remembered Old Jack's letters and grew quiet with longing for his grandfather.
• The group arrived outside Holy Soul Village, and Jiang Chen got out to walk through his hometown while Qian Renxue and Xiao Ying followed.

Jiang Chen returned to Holy Soul Village with Qian Renxue and Xiao Ying and went to see his grandfather, Old Jack. Old Jack opened the door but struggled to recognize the grown Jiang Chen standing before him.

• Jiang Chen reminisced with Qian Renxue and Xiao Ying as he led them through Holy Soul Village.
• Jiang Chen noticed that the Tang Family Blacksmith Shop was locked and long abandoned.
• Jiang Chen knocked on the village chief's door and called out to his grandfather, Old Jack.
• Old Jack opened the door, and Jiang Chen told him who he was.
• Old Jack examined Jiang Chen in disbelief and asked if he was really Little Chen.

Jiang Chen returned to visit Old Jack, who confirmed his identity and welcomed him and his companions into the house. Old Jack was overcome with emotion at Jiang Chen’s return, then mistook Qian Renxue for his wife and left her fuming.

• Old Jack recognized Jiang Chen by the mole on his body and happily ushered him and the others inside.
• Old Jack went to the kitchen to make tea and cried after realizing Jiang Chen had finally come home after six years.
• Jiang Chen fetched stools for Qian Renxue and the others, then joined Old Jack in the kitchen to help boil water.
• Old Jack scolded Jiang Chen for staying away so long, then praised him for bringing his wife home.
• Qian Renxue overheard Old Jack’s remark and resolved to teach Jiang Chen a lesson later.

Old Jack praised Qian Renxue and Xiao Ying’s looks with crude remarks, then advised Jiang Chen to take many wives. Jiang Chen tried to calm the two women, but Qian Renxue accused men of being no good.

• Old Jack complimented Qian Renxue and Xiao Ying in blunt terms, making Jiang Chen, Ninth Elder, and the guards burst into laughter.
• Old Jack suggested that Xiao Ying could nurse Qian Renxue’s baby and that wealthy families’ maids warmed their husbands’ beds, angering Xiao Ying and Qian Renxue.
• Old Jack urged Jiang Chen to have as many wives as possible, and Jiang Chen reluctantly said he remembered.
• Jiang Chen tried to excuse Old Jack’s words as a result of his limited knowledge, but Qian Renxue said men were all no good.

Jiang Chen welcomed Qian Renxue, Xiao Ying, and the guards to his grandfather Old Jack’s home, where he served them tea. Old Jack eagerly asked when the two women would marry Jiang Chen, then Jiang Chen brought him into his room to rest.

• Jiang Chen served tea to the Ninth Elder and the guards, and Old Jack was pleased when he heard Jiang Chen had brought back better tea leaves.
• Old Jack asked Jiang Chen to introduce Qian Renxue and Xiao Ying, and Jiang Chen introduced them as Xue'er and Xiao Ying.
• Old Jack asked when Qian Renxue and Xiao Ying would marry Jiang Chen, leaving both women glaring at him.
• Jiang Chen helped Old Jack into his room and pressed him onto the bed, and Old Jack asked why he had brought him there.

Jiang Chen gave Old Jack two pills that restored his strength and made him look decades younger. Old Jack hid the remaining pills with his savings, which he had been keeping for Jiang Chen's future marriage.

• Jiang Chen gave Old Jack a Foundation Strengthening Pill, then a Flesh-Regenerating Blood-Activating Pill.
• Old Jack's hair darkened, his posture straightened, and his strength and appearance improved dramatically.
• Jiang Chen explained that Old Jack was expelling impurities and gave him bottles of both pills to take monthly for two or three doses.
• Old Jack hid the pills in a concealed compartment beneath his bed, where Jiang Chen saw his savings of Gold Soul Coins and Silver Soul Coins.
• Old Jack told Jiang Chen that he had saved the money for him to marry a wife someday.

Jiang Chen revealed to Old Jack that he was the Pope’s disciple and the Holy Son, then watched as the medicine restored his grandfather’s youth. Old Jack emerged from washing up in youthful clothes and left the villagers astonished.

• Jiang Chen gave Old Jack a bag of Gold Soul Coins and told him he was the Pope’s disciple and the Holy Son.
• Jiang Chen showed Old Jack his Holy Son Token and said he intended to win over the Pope’s daughter.
• Old Jack’s body grew younger, and Jiang Chen told him to wash off the smell from the medicinal effects.
• Villagers gathered outside the courtyard and stared in awe at Jiang Chen’s golden-haired companion.
• Old Jack emerged wearing his youthful clothes, leaving the older villagers speechless.

Jiang Chen returned to his village, where Old Jack's restored youth astonished the villagers. Old Jack revealed that Jiang Chen was the Pope's disciple and the Holy Son, then asked him to prove it as the crowd questioned the claim.

• The villagers were shocked to see Old Jack looking decades younger, and his son Jerry recognized him.
• Old Jack said Jiang Chen had brought him divine medicine from Spirit City.
• The villagers regretted their past treatment of Jiang Chen when they learned he was the Pope's disciple and had been named Holy Son.
• Some villagers doubted Old Jack's claims, so he asked Jiang Chen to show his token.
• Jiang Chen asked the Ninth Elder for help, and the Ninth Elder agreed.

Jiang Chen revealed his Title Douluo strength to Holy Soul Village, convincing the villagers of his identity and prompting Old Jack to organize a feast for his return. After heading back to the courtyard with Qian Renxue and Xiao Ying, Jiang Chen prepared his room and discussed the villagers’ requests for pills.

• Jiang Chen displayed his nine soul rings, and the villagers believed that he was a Spirit Hall elder and Title Douluo.
• Old Jack announced a village feast to celebrate Jiang Chen’s return, and villagers offered food to help.
• Old Jack sent Jiang Chen, Qian Renxue, and Xiao Ying back to the courtyard while he organized the feast.
• Jiang Chen prepared clean bedding for Qian Renxue and Xiao Ying, then joked about sharing his room with Qian Renxue.
• Xiao Ying told Qian Renxue that Jiang Chen cultivated on the roof instead of sleeping, and Qian Renxue asked whether he had enough pills for the villagers.

Jiang Chen explained that he would leave Foundation Strengthening Pills for the village children, then offered to awaken the martial souls of children who had turned six. The villagers gathered eagerly beneath the willow tree, where five six-year-olds stepped forward nervously.

• Jiang Chen refused to give pills to the village elders and said he would leave the remaining pills for his grandfather to distribute to the children.
• Jiang Chen recounted his childhood experiences to Qian Renxue and the other woman during the meal.
• At Old Jack's request, Jiang Chen told the village that the youth-restoring medicine was gone but that he would leave pills to improve children's talent.
• Jiang Chen asked Old Jack to gather children who had turned six but had not awakened their martial souls.
• The villagers brought children of all ages to the willow tree, and Jiang Chen told everyone except the six-year-olds to move back.
• Five nervous six-year-olds stepped forward for Jiang Chen to awaken their martial souls.

Jiang Chen used Foundation Strengthening Pills to prepare five village children for Martial Soul awakening and guided them through the process. The first child awakened Blue Silver Grass but showed Soul Power, and Jiang Chen continued the ceremony with the others still waiting.

• Jiang Chen gave each of the five children a Foundation Strengthening Pill and asked Old Jack to give one to every child who turned five.
• Jiang Chen, Qian Renxue, and Xiao Ying guided the children’s Soul Power to help them absorb the pills’ effects.
• Jiang Chen began the awakenings with an energy stone after all five children had absorbed the medicinal power.
• The first little girl awakened Blue Silver Grass, and the crystal ball confirmed that she had Soul Power.

Jiang Chen gave five village children Foundation Strengthening Pills, which raised their soul power enough for all of them to cultivate. He reassured Old Jack that the children could study at the Notting City Branch Hall if there were not enough work-study slots, then entrusted him with the remaining pills.

• Jiang Chen confirmed that the five children had gained the ability to cultivate, with their martial souls and soul power levels revealed.
• The villagers thanked Jiang Chen and took their children home, while Jiang Chen asked them to have Su Yuntao issue supplementary awakening certificates.
• Old Jack worried that the village lacked enough work-study slots for all the newly awakened children.
• Jiang Chen suggested that Su Yuntao could arrange for the children to study at the Notting City Branch Hall, and Old Jack welcomed the idea.
• Jiang Chen gave Old Jack the five remaining bottles of Foundation Strengthening Pills and told him to hide them.

After Jiang Chen awakened five children who had lacked Soul Power, Qian Renxue realized the Foundation Strengthening Pill could let Spirit Hall gradually turn its soldiers into Soul Masters. The chapter left them considering the military advantage this could bring, while Qian Renxue still hoped to avoid damaging the Heaven Dou Empire through war.

• Jiang Chen noticed Qian Renxue was dazed, and she recalled how the Foundation Strengthening Pill had awakened Soul Power in five children.
• Qian Renxue explained to Xiao Ying that ordinary soldiers greatly outnumbered Soul Masters, leading Xiao Ying to realize Spirit Hall might create an army of Soul Masters.
• Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue noted that mass-producing pills and finding Soul Rings for hundreds of thousands of soldiers would take time.
• Qian Renxue predicted that the pills could eventually give Spirit Hall a huge advantage over the two great empires.
• Qian Renxue preferred not to conquer the Heaven Dou Empire by force because it could ruin her years of infiltration and leave the country damaged.

Jiang Chen said goodbye to Old Jack and Holy Soul Village before continuing east with his group toward the Star Dou Great Forest. He planned to visit his grandfather more often and believed he would soon reach level forty-five.

• Old Jack refused to leave Holy Soul Village, and Jiang Chen promised to visit him often.
• Old Jack urged Jiang Chen to win over Qian Renxue and bring back a great-grandson.
• Jiang Chen entered his room, but Qian Renxue sent him away so she and the other girl could cultivate.
• Jiang Chen climbed onto the roof and absorbed moonlight, feeling close to breaking through to level forty-five.
• The villagers gave Jiang Chen gifts as he departed, and his group set off east toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Jiang Chen and his companions reached the town outside the Star Dou Great Forest and went to Spirit Hall’s manor. Qian Renxue challenged Jiang Chen to a fight in the arena, leaving the guards and Xiao Ying eager to watch.

• Jiang Chen and his companions arrived at the town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where soul masters gathered before entering the forest.
• Jiang Chen led the group to Spirit Hall’s manor, where the staff welcomed them.
• Qian Renxue dragged Jiang Chen to the manor’s Martial Arena to settle her grievances with him.
• Xiao Ying and the guards followed to watch, curious about Jiang Chen’s martial soul and expecting Qian Renxue to win.
• Jiang Chen went willingly, secretly excited to finally fight Qian Renxue.